Comment by CTDOCodebases

Bingo!

Some will argue that consumption drives production but according to the common definition children don’t contribute to GDP.

Assuming governments are going to address population growth/decline then it’s a choice between incentivising births or issuing visas.

Even in countries that have free healthcare births are in decline so it’s not the cost of children alone that is causing this situation. I would argue it’s the economic crutch called immigration.